谷氨酸棒状杆菌合成L-高丝氨酸的代谢改造与发酵条件探究

目的:本研究以谷氨酸棒状杆菌ATCC 13032为底盘细胞,构建1株L-高丝氨酸合成菌株并分析溶氧环境对其产物合成的影响。方法:首先通过外源添加0~40 g/L的L-高丝氨酸分析谷氨酸棒状杆菌的产物耐受性;随后,通过基因thrB敲除阻断L-高丝氨酸的降解途径,获得谷氨酸棒状杆菌重组菌H1;在此基础上利用挡板摇瓶进行细胞培养以增强发酵过程中氧气供给能力。结果:与大肠杆菌相比,谷氨酸棒状杆菌对L-高丝氨酸具有更强耐受性。研究中通过敲除基因thrB构建了L-苏氨酸缺陷型谷氨酸棒状杆菌重组菌H1,发现基础培养基中加入0.5 g/L的L-苏氨酸后,该重组菌生长恢复正常水平。挡板摇瓶条件下重组菌H1的L-高丝氨酸产量增加至836.7 mg/L,较普通摇瓶产量44.6 mg/L提高了17.76倍。结论:通过阻断L-苏氨酸的合成,成功构建L-高丝氨酸合成菌株谷氨酸棒状杆菌H1,并且发现利用挡板摇瓶增强发酵过程中供氧能力是促进谷氨酸棒状杆菌高效合成L-高丝氨酸的有效手段,为后续提高L-高丝氨酸发酵产量提供了参考。

谷氨酸棒菌DC1对重金属污染土壤的低温修复及其稳定性

耐冷菌在低温下能通过诱导作用形成重金属的碳酸盐沉淀,在寒区重金属污染土壤修复方面具有重要的应用潜力,但目前缺乏对多种重金属污染土壤的修复及其稳定性的研究。试验研究了1株耐冷碳酸盐矿化菌(谷氨酸棒菌DC1)在低温条件下对土壤中4种重金属的固定作用及其稳定性。结果表明:菌株DC1的发酵液可通过诱导作用将土壤中的可交换态Cd、Pb、Cu、Ni转化成碳酸盐结合态,转化比例分别为79.8%、72.6%、39.9%、33.6%,并提高土壤的pH,从而使土壤中有效态Cd、Pb、Cu、Ni的含量分别降低了90.5%、83.4%、35.1%、36.6%。土壤酸化可降低菌株DC1对土壤中Cu和Ni的固定效果,但对Pb和Cd无明显影响。模拟旱田、水田和施肥培养条件下,菌株DC1诱导的Pb和Cd碳酸盐沉淀在土壤中的重金属释放能力较低,培养30 d后土壤有效态Pb和Cd含量均无明显增加。说明菌株DC1可用于重金属污染土壤的碳酸盐沉淀修复,在Pb和Cd污染土壤修复方面有明显的应用优势,但对于Cu和Ni污染土壤的修复需要注意土壤酸化对修复效果的影响。

Engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum to Enhance L-ornithine Production by Gene Knockout and Comparative Proteomic Analysis

Engineered Corynebacterium glutamicum was constructed for L-ornithine production by disrupting genes of argF and proB to prevent the flux away from L-ornithine.Effect of the inactivation of 2-oxoglutarate de-hydrogenase complex(ODHC) on L-ornithine production was also investigated.It was found that the inactivation of ODHC by knockout of the kgd gene enhanced L-ornithine production.The engineered C.glutamicum ATCC13032(ΔargFΔproBΔkgd) produced L-ornithine up to 4.78 g·L-1 from 0.24 g·L-1 of the wild-type strain.In order to understand the mechanism of L-ornithine production in C.glutamicum ATCC13032(ΔargFΔproBΔkgd) and find out new strategies for further enhancing L-ornithine production,the comparative proteome between the wild-type and the engineered strain was analyzed.L-Ornithine overproduction in the engineered strain was related to the up-regulation of the expression levels of enzymes involved in L-ornithine biosynthesis pathway and down-regulation of the expression levels of proteins involved in pentose phosphate pathway.The overexpression of genes in the upstream pathway of glutamate to increase the availability of endogenous glutamate may further in-crease ornithine production in the engineered C.glutamicum and the ornithine synthesis enzymes(ArgCJBD) may not be the limiting enzymes in the engineered C.glutamicum.

Three-stage fermentation and kinetic modeling of bioflocculant by Corynebacterium glutamicum

Fermentation of bioflocculant with Corynebacterium glutamicum was studied by way of kinetic modeling.Lorentzian modified Logistic model, time-corrected Luedeking–Piret and Luedeking–Piret type models were proposed and applied to describe the cell growth, bioflocculant synthesis and consumption of substrates, with the correlation of initial biomass concentration and initial glucose concentration, respectively. The results showed that these models could well characterize the batch culture process of C. glutamicum at various initial glucose concentrations from 10.0 to 17.5 g·L-1. The initial biomass concentration could shorten the lag time of cell growth,while the maximum biomass concentration was achieved only at the optimal initial glucose concentration of16.22 g·L-1. A novel three-stage fed-batch strategy for bioflocculant production was developed based on the model prediction, in which the lag phase, quick biomass growth and bioflocculant production stages were sequentially proceeded with the adjustment of glucose concentration and dissolved oxygen. Biomass of2.23 g·L-1was obtained and bioflocculant concentration was enhanced to 176.32 mg·L-1, 18.62% and403.63% higher than those in the batch process, respectively, indicating an efficient fed-batch culture strategy for bioflocculant production.

Metabolic engineering and flux analysis of Corynebacterium glutamicum for L-serine production

L-Serine plays a critical role as a building block for cell growth, and thus it is difficult to achieve the direct fermentation of L-serine from glucose. In this study, Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032 was engineered de novo by blocking and at- tenuating the conversion of L-serine to pyruvate and glycine, releasing the feedback inhibition by L-serine to 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase （PGDH）, in combination with the co-expression of 3-phosphoglycerate kinase （PGK） and feedback-resistant PGDH （PGDHr）. The resulting strain, SER-8, exhibited a lower specific growth rate and significant differ- ences in L-serine levels from Phase I to Phase V as determined for fed-batch fermentation. The intracellular L-serine pool reached （14.22_＋1.41） ~trnol gcoM-1, which was higher than glycine pool, contrary to fermentation with the wild-type strain. Furthermore, metabolic flux analysis demonstrated that the over-expression of PGK directed the flux of the pentose phosphate pathway （PPP） towards the glycolysis pathway （EMP）, and the expression of PGDHr improved the L-serine biosynthesis pathway. In addition, the flux from L-serine to glycine dropped by 24%, indicating that the deletion of the activator GlyR re- sulted in down-regulation of serine hydroxymethyltransferase （SHMT） expression. Taken together, our findings imply that L-serine pool management is fundamental for sustaining the viability of C. glutamicum, and improvement of C1 units genera- tion by introducing the glycine cleavage system （GCV） to degrade the excessive glycine is a promising target for L-serine pro- duction in C. glutamicum.

Strategies used for genetically modifying bacterial genome: site-directed mutagenesis, gene inactivation, and gene over-expression

With the availability of the whole genome sequence of Escherichia coli or Corynebacterium glutamicum, strategies for directed DNA manipulation have developed rapidly. DNA manipulation plays an important role in understanding the function of genes and in constructing novel engineering bacteria according to requirement. DNA manipulation involves modifying the autologous genes and expressing the heterogenous genes. Two alternative approaches, using electroporation linear DNA or recombinant suicide plasmid, allow a wide variety of DNA manipulation. However, the over-expression of the desired gene is generally executed via plasmid-mediation. The current review summarizes the common strategies used for genetically modifying E. coli and C. glutamicum genomes, and discusses the technical problem of multi-layered DNA manipulation. Strategies for gene over-expression via integrating into genome are proposed. This review is intended to be an accessible introduction to DNA manipulation within the bacterial genome for novices and a source of the latest experimental information for experienced investigators.